We sat with him and listened to five memorable calls he has made over the past few years. What did he like? What didn’t he like? There was more nitpicking around the latter.
Apart from a hustle double for Gunnar Henderson and two singles from the rest of the lineup against Seattle starter George Kirby, Baltimore was toothless in its effort to help Kremer.
Baltimore has contemplated a change of this sort for almost a decade, before a change in ownership groups led David Rubenstein to the helm and Catie Griggs to the role of president of business operations.
As Ryan O’Hearn and Ramón Laureano grasped the sudden change in their situation — a late Thursday trade that sent the two Orioles players to the Padres — they stayed close to one another.